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Even by Clan Corvo standards, that was brutal.
50 injured, none by the enemy, and no fatalities? That makes Gallipoli look like a nail-biter. The new colony in Senegal is primed for success. Given a couple years, and the ability for skin color and status to be separated by people working their way up, this could turn into an area where Raben doesn't have to do to much to help it prosper. And it can also expand rapidly and far, as the only major land barriers are the Sahara and the Atlantic.
while I am enjoying the story
while I am enjoying the story I have negative feelings for the way the clan Corvo invades other lands and simply takes over with no regards to whether the people already there want them there or not, it's one thing to do this in a large country where you wouldn't necessarily have contact with them all the time but when you invade an island there's not much place you can go to remain isolated.
I would have thought Raben would have been a little more conscious of this after the Romans raided his clan and took many for slaves. I'm sure that many of the people that he encounters when his people settle in a new place see him as no better than a conqueror as their given no choice on whether they can stay.
Raben claims he will preserve the history but preserving the history is not the same as preserving the culture for no matter how benign the contact that culture will be changed to some extent.
Look at what happened to the man from the U.S. that claimed to be a missionary and thought he would just walk on to the North sentinel island to "save" and convert the tribe, didn't work out so well for him they killed him without even listening to him. They don't want outsiders there no matter what their intentions.
I Share The Objections
To Clan Corvo's conquest of the Senegalese. While there were survivors it could be categorised as genocide. Even if their way of life was totally objectionable they were entitled to be left in peace as they did not invite Clan Corvo to invade their lands or subvert their culture.
You have to remember
that the Senegalese also decided to stage a large scale attack on Clan Corvo, rather than try to live peacefully along side them.
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
They Did Kind Of Ask For It
Clashes of cultures have been endemic throughout history and the Senegalese were a very objectionable people but they could have considered themselves to be the injured party faced with an invasion and so entitled to defend themselves.
Basically Raben gave them an ultimatum "We're here and we're staying. Accept us, or else!"
One of the basic tenets of Christianity is to turn the other cheek and Clan Corvo certainly did not do that.
Don't take this wrong. It doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the story.
Oops!
Double post.
I'm just along for the ride
and enjoying the story.